Cricketing confessions

[flibbertyjibber]

I once purposefully got out as my bet was 1 shot off the lead in The Open on the back 9 so I could go and watch it. Parnevik lost out to Justin Leonard so justice was done.

 

[J_asonR]

Once was clearly caught behind on the third ball of my innings.. All opponents appealed, given not out, didn't walk.. Go on to hit 67* and win the game.

 

[Red]

Once I was fielding on the boundary and the opposition hit a four. When I went to pick up the ball there was a big half rotten red apple next to it. I picked that up instead and threw it to the keeper. As he caught it it smashed and he was covered in apple cider for the rest of the afternoon.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Dropped a few catches deliberately because my brother was the batsman.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Always bowl at least 8 deliveries an over and keep saying I have one more left.

 

[TNT]

I sometime pretend I have culture.

 

[bagapath]

I once mankaded the non striker and screamed in joy. He pulled out a stump and whacked me non stop till I started bleeding under my left eye. Some bastard had told him about me necking around with his sister who was 6 years older than us and this gave him a good excuse to thrash me. i took the beating quietly, went back home with a badly swollen face and lied to my grandpa that I top edged a pull shot straight into my face. (The girl apologised to me later and made up for this properly)

 

[Top_Cat]

Have willfully misused statistical theory to win a debate on CW.

 

[honestbharani]

Have willfully misused statistical theory to win a debate on CW.

Who said you won?

 

[Burgey]

I once purposefully got out as my bet was 1 shot off the lead in The Open on the back 9 so I could go and watch it. Parnevik lost out to Justin Leonard so justice was done.

Haha, there was a bloke at our club who played lower grades who used to leave the field to listen to the races.

 

[straw man]

Sometimes I don't watch a match, and then tell people what happened based on what I read about it on cw.

Haha, gold. Sometimes I do that and then recycle that information back into CW like it's the truth, particularly where it meshes with my existing biases - what, is that an echo I hear?

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

I once mankaded the non striker and screamed in joy. He pulled out a stump and whacked me non stop till I started bleeding under my left eye. Some bastard had told him about me necking around with his sister who was 6 years older than us and this gave him a good excuse to thrash me. i took the beating quietly, went back home with a badly swollen face and lied to my grandpa that I top edged a pull shot straight into my face. (The girl apologised to me later and made up for this properly)

That's a winning story, tbh. How old were you at the time, as I don't think I'd have taken being thrashed with a cricket stump in such good humour.

 

[Bahnz]

One time, when my dad was umpiring a cricket game, I appealed for a caught behind that the batsman had missed by about 6 inches (no exaggeration). He gave it out. Literally everyone on the field knew it wasn't out. Still gave the batsman some **** as he was walking off.

 

[Viscount Tom]

I am an Englishman who enjoyed seeing Ponting play well, even against us.

 

[bagapath]

11.

 

[Adders]

I am an Englishman who enjoyed seeing Ponting play well, even against us.

I actually teared up when Waugh made that hundred at the SCG.........yours, yours is just disgusting Tom!!

 

[Spikey]

i once said i didn't really mind where i batted, attempting to give the impression I'm a calm customer who ain't afraid of nothing, but in reality i did not want to open

 

[Spikey]

spent the next 2-3 seasons opening

 

[Goughy]

A mate of mine once, as an adult, got Charles Colvile's autograph for himself. I don't have anything comparable.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

A mate of mine once, as an adult, got Charles Colvile's autograph for himself. I don't have anything comparable.

Yeah yeah, passing it off as someone else when it was really you.